Hockey pad



May 13, 1930. E. o. KNlscHEwsKY 1,758,260

' HOCKEY PAD Fmg-2d. Feu 27, 1929 Patented May 13, `193@ unirsi STATES marce; n

EMIL oT'ro xNIscHEwsxY, or HAM'ILToM-ONTARIO, CANADA HOCKEY PAD Application mea FebruaryY 27, 1929.j seria1;no,a43,1v41.f`

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in is held against creeping within Vthe pad so that there is no possibility of such packing becoming lumped after the pad has been in use for some little time,.and astill furi ther object of my pad that it can be manufactured for the V1 5 same cost as the standard pad `now being made. Y

` My invention consists of a pad or shin v guard constructed and arranged all as here.- particularly described and il- Y inthe accompanyingdrawings inafter more 2 lustrated whichi- Y Fig. l is a front elevational view `oli-my pad, part of the broken away. Y

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view lof my pad, part of the rear face thereof being broken away. e Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross sectional view taken through the line 3 3, Fig. 2,and Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross sectional view taken throughthe line i-4, Fig. y2. v Like characters oi" reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.Y

My hockey ypad in itself is of the same general appearance and shape as the standard f pad, and comprises a shin protecting portion 1 formed of spaced apart vertical canes, and a knee protecting portion2 formed withra knee cap receivingrecess 3 which is made of libre or other similar material. As the knee v protecting porti-on, however, forms no parte` of thepresent invention it is not necessary to speciiically describe its construction.

In'constructing the shin protectingfportion of my guarcLI first cut a piece of felt into substantially the Shape of the felt 4 illustrated in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings. I

next form my cane guard from a plurality of split canes 5 which are inserted into a plurther object of my invention t0 so Y form my pad that the filling or packing theremy invention is to so design protectiveV covering being.

`cotton A wool. 13 y soft thick layerbetween the felt l4 andthe cane guard and istheninserted so that it rality of parallel` sleeves or pockets 6 formed by ariouter layerof leather 7 andan inner layer fabric 8,1rowsfof parallel stitching 9eX- Atending between thel atherand the fabric to form the pockets. 1 l a "55 he cane guard portion is formed of vthe Y'sameY Vshape as the Nshin `protective 'portion `ot the felt 4 though being of a slightly smaller.Y size as can vbe seen upon referenceto Fig. yl.

`When the cane guard portion is completed by inserting the canes 5 into the pockets 6' such portion'is laid centrally uponthe pad 4 and sew'n thereto y` aline of stitching l0 which .runs around the vedge 'of the' cane guard from one upper corner, down the side, across "theV 36.5 bottom,and upthe other sideiptotheA other upper corner-'which at this stage of the Vconstruction leaves the top edge open. Y

. Afpiece offeltll which is VapproXimately .thessamef length as the width of the bottoml of the pocket formed between. the cane `guard fand the vfelt is inserted betweenthe cane guard f Yand the felt'so that it-extends across thebotvtomf-l21of such pocket. Y Y Y y I t The .pocket is then padded` or lilled withy '75.

so that such filling forms a n extends from the top of the felt insert pad 1l to the vicinity of the top l open end ofY the pocket. Y Y 8G A pieceV of felt 14 of a length substantially equal .to the width of the top of the pocket Y extends there? across, and the top ofthe pocket. is then sewn across by theFline of stitching 15. vtaining-thecotton wool filler 13 in place so thatit does not become lumped I insert sev-'- eral spaced apartrows'of stitching 16 which 7 extend fdown. the pad Vbetween the canes. Y

TheseV rows of stitching lare put in by hand 90. with strongthread and extend through the leather facingVV 7, fabric 8, `andyfelt 4, thus A .effectively retaining the cotton filler inplace.

VThe provision of the felt pads ll and 14 isan Vimproved feature in my construction as they are/particularly effective in Vdeadening the impacto'a blow upon any vpartV of the,

pad. Vf these4 telt inserts were not positioned inthe bottomV and top of the pocket it would be necessary to'll such top and bot- '100 For re 3:*

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tom spaces with thecotton wool which would 'not positively space the ends of 4the canes away from the felt 4 as it would be praci tically impossible to fill the pocketwith cottonV wool without having any tapering of the iller at the top and bottom of the pocket, it being practically certain that the ends of the canes would Ylie very closely tol thelelt 4.k It such pads 11 .and 14 were not provided the 'tops and bottoms of the canes 5 would in all probability, after little usage,.rest against Ithe felt shin guard portion 4 and as such canes would be lying directly upon'thecottoniller 7 any severe blow would be-'transmittedufrom the canes through the cottonliller to the'legs of theV wearer;

.By the provisionrot upper and lower pads l1 and14 Infurnish aneztralsupporttor v `1 the canes as their ends restupon the pads thus f preventingl them directly 'resting upon the cotton o-lillerand when a blow is received 1n.-

termediately'ofthellength of the canes, the canes'being supported-at their ends by the 1 pads l1 and 14 will bend inwardly under the force of the blow and such bending movement -`will be taken up 'by the cottOII filler., -It will be' thus seen that by supporting thefguard canes at their tops andbottoms .that I have provided afmeans wherebylsuch canes "are spaced away V.from-the filler and which will g effectively preventthe torce 'ofthe/blowv'rom beingtransmited therethrough.ff .Y Y

`From the* foregoing description it willjbe apparent tha-tI have devised asimple and ancient type0'f7-hockeympaa Whgih win ai; i ford, the wearer the maximum V.of k protectionY g ,against any blows lthat may ibe received in. 'l

Y the course otplay, and although Ihaveshown and described a particular embodiment' of my invention it is to be understood `that can make such changesand alterations as I may deem necessary without departing from Y the spirit of my invention as set forth inthe appended claim'.v y

What I claim as my invention Visf In la pad of the character described an inner telt portion, an outer portion having a vplurality ot' yvertical, pockets therein and stitched around its edge to` the'inner felt, a plurality of canes contained in said pockets, aV pair ofV upper and lower Vtelt inserts positioned between the outerportion fand the inner Jfelt so that the ends .ofthe canes rest` upon the inserts, a cotton wool'filler contained between the outer portion andthe inner felt and extending between the inserts, j and .a plurality of rows oit stitchingext'ending between the telt inserts, and passing, through ghe outer portion, the cottonV filler and inner In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand l EMi-Lorro KiisonEwsKY; y 

